One for the "weird laws" book

[missroserose]

According to the Postal Service's website, mailing dried whole eggs requires a special certificate, signed by the postmaster.

No, seriously.

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I do not know what dried whole eggs are or look like, but I am afeared.
(Do they leave the shells on?)

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Aren't you glad that our government is watching out for you and making sure that you don't receive any unlicensed dried whole eggs in the mail?

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

Weird. They're powdered, right? Maybe the certificate is in response to the anthrax scare from a few years back? You know, sort of a "this powder is not deadly" assurance.

Also, totally stealing the "The More You Know" picture.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I have no idea - the "whole" part made me think they'd still be in the shell, but who knows. Frankly, it sounds to me like a relic of America's more agricultural days, but I might be wrong - perhaps dried whole eggs are a popular export from certain parts of the country?

Feel free to gank - considering how many times it came up from a quick Google Image Search, I can't imagine anyone's claimed ownership of it. :)

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

If I lived there, that would tempt me to obtain said certificate and mail someone some dried whole eggs.

[errant-variable.livejournal.com]

Something to do with normal foodstuff tending to be flammable in large powdered quantities? Danger of contamination if package seal is violated?

Maybe it's how they track the tinfoil hatters.
*tinfoil*